Tag Archives: Inequality

Rock Canyon Poets show nuclear power’s cost in ‘Nuclear Impact Utah’ via Daily Herald

Posted on 2017/05/07 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The new poetry anthology “Nuclear Impact: Broken Atoms in Our Hands” is pretty massive: nearly 500 pages long, with pieces from 163 poets from 16 nations. “If you think about it, there are only nine nations in the world in … Continue reading →

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How Fukushima gave rise to a new anti-racism movement via Aljazeera

Posted on 2017/03/12 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The Fukushima disaster of 2011 ignited an anti-racism resistance movement in Japan to defend minorities such as Koreans. […] After Fukushima The rebirth of anti-discrimination social movements in Japan is one of the unexpected stories of 3/11. Fukushima “awakened” first-time … Continue reading →

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Bangladeshi asylum seekers tricked into radiation clean-up: media via Reuters

Posted on 2017/03/08 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Two Bangladeshi asylum seekers in Japan cleared up radioactive contamination from one of the world’s worst nuclear disasters on the false promise doing so would win them permission to stay in the country longer, media reported on Wednesday. The Fukushima … Continue reading →

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Financial crunch time looms for Fukushima’s ‘voluntary evacuees’ via The Japan Times

Posted on 2017/03/07 by yukimiyamotodepaul

This month, housing subsidies run out for those who fled the Fukushima nuclear disaster from areas other than the government-designated evacuation zones, and as the clock ticks down, evacuees have had to decide whether to return or move once again. … Continue reading →

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Japanese official arrested for alleged bribery over Fukushima decontamination contracts via Enformable

Posted on 2017/03/03 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Yuji Suzuki, a 56-year old employee of the Japanese Ministry of the Environment in Fukushima Prefecture in charge of overseeing decontamination activities after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster was arrested on charges of alleged bribery along with the former president … Continue reading →

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Mothers, Babies on Navajo Nation Exposed to High Levels of Uranium via Indian Country

Posted on 2017/02/27 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Navajo Birth Cohort Study figuring out how exposure affects health Researchers with the Navajo Birth Cohort Study aren’t looking for simple answers about how uranium exposure affects health. We already know—and have known for decades—that contact with uranium can cause … Continue reading →

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Proud workers at Fukushima No. 1 nuke plant risk deadly radiation danger via The Mainichi

Posted on 2017/02/27 by yukimiyamotodepaul

[…] On the early morning of Dec. 24, 2016, a group of 26 workers assembled at a building housing the No. 2 reactor when it was still dark outside. The workers were from heavy machinery giant IHI Corp. and other … Continue reading →

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Anti-nuclear activists slam New York State move to transfer ‘decommissioning funds’ to energy companies via Daily News

Posted on 2017/02/13 by yukimiyamotodepaul

ALBANY — Anti-nuclear activists are blasting the state for agreeing to turn over about $1.5 billion it held in nuclear plant decommissioning funds to two energy companies. The New York Power Authority agreed to transfer the $683.8 million decommission fund … Continue reading →

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Fukushima nuclear disaster: Worker sues Tepco over cancer via BBC

Posted on 2017/02/02 by yukimiyamotodepaul

A Japanese court has begun hearing the case of a man who developed leukaemia after working as a welder at the damaged Fukushima nuclear site. The plaintiff, 42, is the first person to be recognised by labour authorities as having … Continue reading →

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Nuclear Whistleblower Vanunu Convicted of Violating Parole via Haaretz

Posted on 2017/01/25 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Jerusalem court convicts the man who spent 18 years behind bars of holding unauthorized meetings with two American citizens three years ago and failing to report his move to another apartment inside the same building. Jerusalem Magistrates Court has convicted … Continue reading →

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